macroscian

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English

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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek μακρόσκιος (makróskios) +‎ -an.

Adjective

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macroscian (comparative more macroscian, superlative most macroscian)

  1. (very rare) Casting a long shadow.
    • 1946, The Atlantic, page 92:
      How did it shape itself, the morning of that macroscian day which I had dreaded for so long?
    • 1964, James Kirkup, Japan Industrial: Some Impressions of Japanese Industries, page 33:
      [] the blazing luminescence spilling from oven doors and chinks in the huge circular furnace that rose, shivering and roaring, spectred with harsh steam, brown smoke, into the macroscian iron rafters and beams of soot and fire-seared dark.

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